City Council has approved the expansion of the Ruby-red Light Camera Programme. Installation work is ongoing. View current locations.

A Red Light Camera (RLC) is an automated system that detects and captures images of vehicles entering an intersection in spite of the traffic betoken indicating ruby-red (during the red phase). Information technology is designed to work in tandem with other Vision Cipher methods and strategies, including road design changes, public pedagogy campaigns and traditional law enforcement. The RLC program is focused on altering driver behaviour to subtract red-lite running and increase safe.

Images are reviewed past Provincial Offence Officers and then tickets are issued to the owner of the vehicle regardless of who was driving. Upon confidence, the just penalisation is a fine – no demerit points volition be issued nor will the registered owners' driving record exist impacted.

Locations are selected through a information-driven arroyo that considers collision data.

Information on paying your Provincial Offence or disputing your Provincial Offence may exist institute past visiting the City of Toronto'due south Court Services.

If you received a ticket in the postal service for running a red light, you tin view the images of your vehicle using the Urban center's Courtroom Case Look Upwards application.

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Image of a red light camera street signSigns will be posted at signalized intersections with an RLC system. Motorists must obey the signal at all signalized intersections and be prepared to come to a consummate stop when faced with a ruddy signal.

If a vehicle is detected past the RLC system for red-light running, the registered owner of the vehicle volition receive a ticket regardless of who was driving. The total payable amount includes a Fix Fine under the Provincial Offences Act ($260), a victim fine surcharge ($60) and applicable court costs ($5). No demerit points volition be issued past the Ministry of Transportation and no one'due south driving record will be impacted.

In selecting RLC sites, a ii-staged process was used based on all-time practices and provincial guidelines.

Phase 1: First, an initial screening of all signalized intersections to identify and prioritize sites based on the following data:

  • Killed or Serious Injury (KSI) collisions involving pedestrians
  • Killed or Serious Injury (KSI) angle collisions
  • Killed or Serious Injury (KSI) collisions involving cyclists
  • Angle collisions
  • Pedestrian collisions
  • Cyclist collisions
  • Requests from the Toronto Police Service and the public

Stage two: Once the sites were prioritized, a manual review of the site was conducted which included the post-obit considerations:

  • Necessary regulatory signage
  • No obstructions or impediments to the RLC organization
  • Adequate boulevard space to suit the RLC system
  • No construction conflicts

To submit a request for RLC, please fill in the online form.

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Last published: January 2022

History

  • Apr xxx, 2020: City Council approved the accolade of the RLC Expansion Contract to Traffipax LLC
  • June 26, 2018: Metropolis Council requested to double the number of scarlet-light cameras and evaluate the feasibility of significantly expanding the Red Low-cal Photographic camera program equally part of the Vision Zippo Road Safety Programme.
  • May 24, 2017: Urban center quango authorized the connected performance of 70 RLCs that were previously scheduled for decommissioning
  • September thirty, 2015: City Council approved the award of the Phase 3 RLC Contract to Traffipax LLC
  • Feb 19, 2014: City Quango authorized the issuance of a Request for Proposal, in conjunction with other partnering municipalities to operate RLCs
  • February 20, 2013: City Council authorized agreements with the Ministry of Transportation and Partnering Municipalities to operate the RLC Joint Processing Eye
  • November 29, 2011: City Council adopted various recommendations from the Auditor General in respect to the RLC program
  • June fourteen, 2011: City Quango approved the extension of the RLC Contract to Traffipax LLC
  • Jan 2010: The Province of Ontario increased the fine for carmine calorie-free running from $180.00 to $325.00, recognizing that seriousness and often consequences of crimson low-cal running
  • April 28, 2008: City Quango canonical the extension of the RLC Contract with Affiliated Computer Systems (formerly Lockheed Martin Ims Canada Inc. and now Xerox) and agreements with the Ministry building of Transportation
  • May 2006: City Council canonical the extension of the RLC Contract with Affiliated Computer Systems (formerly Lockheed Martin Ims Canada Inc. and now Xerox). City Council as well authorized a new RLC contract with Traffipax LLC
  • July 2004: City Council canonical the extension of the RLC Contract with Affiliated Computer Systems (formerly Lockheed Martin Ims Canada Inc. and now Xerox)
  • September 2003: City Quango requested the Regime of Ontario to extend (Bill 102, as amended by Bill 149) for an indefinite period
  • June 2003: City Quango canonical the continued performance of the RLC Programme from November 2003 to Nov 2004; approved the extension of the RLC Contract with Affiliated Reckoner Systems (formerly Lockheed Martin Ims Canada Inc. and now Xerox).
  • Nov xix, 2002: Neb 149 received Royal Assent assuasive municipalities to operate an RLC Program until November 2004; later amended to an indefinite period
  • July 2002: Metropolis Council approved the continued operation of the RLC Program from November 2002 to November 2003
  • April 2002: Urban center Council approved the award of the RLC Contract to Affiliated Figurer Systems (formerly Lockheed Martin Ims Canada Inc. and now Xerox)
  • February 2002: City Council requested the Government of Ontario to extend Bill 102, to let municipalities to continue to operate the RLC projection for an additional two years
  • September 1999: Urban center Council approved the deferral of the Cherry Light Camera pilot project
  • December 1998: City Council authorized the tendering for the installation of RLCs at 10 high-chance intersections on a airplane pilot basis
  • December 1998: the provincial government enacted Beak 102, Cerise Light Cameras Airplane pilot Projects Human action, 1998, to allow designated municipalities to use cherry-red light cameras for up to two years following date of proclamation